Cat and dog fur imports banned

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ITN - Tuesday, June 19 11:15 pm
The import of cat and dog fur will be banned by the end of next year following a European Parliament vote.

Overwhelming support for the move follows eight years of campaigning has seen celebrities including Heather Mills and Rick Wakeman join the cause.
The ban is expected to save the lives of up to two million cats and dogs in China, a prime source for pelts which are usually stripped from the animals live.
Video of the slaughter was a key part of the crusade by Ms Mills, who visited the European Parliament twice to press for action, and encouraged Hollywood stars to join calls for a ban.
Sir Paul McCartney used a television interview last year to demand a boycott on Chinese fur products and on the Beijing Olympics in 2008 until the trade was banned.
Conservative Euro MP Struan Stevenson said he was travelling to Beijing to ask the authorities to stamp out the trade now that markets in 27 European countries are about to be closed off.
He said: "The horrific trade in cat and dog fur is about to meet its Waterloo.
"Despite the long campaign to bring this horrific practice to an end there are still many shoppers in the UK and the rest of Europe blissfully unaware that the items they buy are actually made from the skins of cats and dogs."
Cat and dog fur appears in EU shops as coats, novelty hair bows for children, toy figurines, linings for boots and gloves and even as homeopathic arthritis aids.
The products are often marked as fake fur and most buyers are unaware of the true origins.

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I am really happy about this, thanks for posting Caitlin! However, I still wonder about the fate of these cats and dogs and question whether their lives will be much better living in China... Where did they get all the animals from in the first place?